he secures back to back titles for britain in the men s 1500 metres after a thrilling race at the world championships in hungary. at the world championships # why don t you, why don t you.# at the world championships can you remember the rest? at the world championships it s been 50 years since the show that encouraged kids to turn off the tv and do something less boring first hit our screens. today, sunshine and showers, some showers sundry, especially this morning, cross some southern counties. more persistent rain pushing up into the northern isles. all the details later. it s thursday, the 24th of august. our top story. russian authorities say the leader of the wagner mercenary group, who led a coup against vladmir putin this summer, was on a plane that crashed near moscow, killing all ten people on board. the kremlin hasn t confirmed yevgeny prigozhin s death, but a social media account linked to his organisation has accused russian air defences of shooting down the airc
significant power in russia commanding thousands of troops who were financed and supported for a time by many at the top of the russian government. so how did that happen? our analysis editor ros atkins has been taking a look. well, we know that prigozhin took an unorthodox route to a powerful position in russia. in 1981, he was sent to prison for robbery and theft, and when released in 1990, he became a hotdog salesman in st petersburg. but by 1997, he was running a top restaurant and winning lucrative catering contracts. those brought connections to the top. prigozhin even served food to world leaders and to putin himself. and prigozhin s role was becoming about much more than food. in 2014, russia annexed crimea and launched an insurgency in eastern ukraine. prigozhin was involved. at that time he said. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro govern
these other issues, you re watching bbc news, but we have got to focus on your future, we have got to focus i m gareth barlow. on reversing the decline of our country. china is the number one threat to our country, and every- minute that these eight candidates. spent talking about the past instead we start in russia where yevgeny of the future is time that isjust. - prigozhin is presumed dead after his you know who loves it? plane crashed in the north west of biden loves it, but - china loves it when we the country. are talking about the past. this image has been confirmed by bbc verify as being from the crash as we have been hearing, mr trump set up a rival event on social media scene near moscow. which has now had more than 100 aviation officials million views. he was dismissive of the whole field. say yevgeny prigozhin was on board the private jet, the whole field. many people said, ou should the whole field. many people said, you should not the whole field. many people